L'Arc~en~Ciel (ラルク アン
シエル, L'Arc~en~Ciel?), also known as L'Arc or Laruku (ラルク, Laruku?) to their
fans, is a popular Japanese rock band. L'Arc en Ciel translates from French as
the rainbow. They have sold over 25 million copies of singles and albums in
Japan alone.

Events during late 2005 and 2006

Following the AWAKE and ASIALIVE tours, L'Arc~en~Ciel's members turned their
attentions back to their solo projects. tetsu began recording with a new band
Creature Creature. yukihiro rejoined acid android, which released their newest
single "Let's Dance" on 2006/04/05. acid android joined Mucc, another Japanese
rock band, to perform two concerts in China (Shanghai) in April of 2006.

HYDE composed the music for "Glamorous Sky", theme song to the much
anticipated, manga-adapted film, NANA which stars Mika Nakashima, a j-pop
singer (released 2005/08/31), a landmark step for the vocalist, being the first
time that he has composed music for another artist. His most recent solo
singles are "COUNTDOWN", the ending song for the Japanese release of American
movie Stealth (released 2005/10/05), and "SEASON'S CALL", the opening song of
new hit anime Blood+ (released 2006/02/22). Both singles topped at #1 on the
Oricon chart. HYDE's next solo album "FAITH" was released in Japan 2006/04/26
accompanied by a five month tour throughout Japan between April and August,
2006. After signing on with Tofu Records, four small concerts were scheduled in
San Francisco and Anaheim, California in the United States. HYDE made his U.S.
debut in July of 2006, the first of L'Arc~en~Ciel's solo projects to extend
internationally.

On November 25th and 26th, 2006, L'Arc~en~Ciel played two shows at the Tokyo
Dome to celebrate their 15th anniversary. A poll was created on the official
website during the weeks up to the concert to allow fans to pick which songs
they would like to hear at the event. The concert was later shown on the WOWOW
channel on December 23, 2006. It was also broadcast on February 8, 2007 on
Korea MTV.

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